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Top tips for CV writinghttps://www.theguardian.com/media-network/media-network-blog/2012/feb/16/rules-writing-cv-media
Keep it short and simple, don't put 'eating and travelling' as interests and read your CV as a potential employer would<p>In the new world of social network and search, managing your business or career profile can be a mammoth task. It becomes very apparent when you see the volume of CVs that we do that it's easy for even the best people to get it very, very wrong.</p><p>We have worked with people who have forgotten that those very amusing but slightly risqué pictures of them on Facebook might send out the wrong signals to a prospective employer, and are easily picked up by the most perfunctory of searches. We have patiently pointed out that people's career history on Linkedin bears scant relation to the one on their CV, or that the dates don't quite 'match'.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media-network/media-network-blog/2012/feb/16/rules-writing-cv-media">Continue reading...</a>Media & Tech NetworkCareersProfessional developmentThu, 16 Feb 2012 15:42:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media-network/media-network-blog/2012/feb/16/rules-writing-cv-mediaPhotograph: Max Oppenheim/Getty ImagesTip number one for CV writing: keep it short – one page is ideal, say Sonja Smithers and Anahita Milligan. Photograph: Max Oppenheim/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Max Oppenheim/Getty ImagesTip number one for CV writing: keep it short – one page is ideal, say Sonja Smithers and Anahita Milligan. Photograph: Max Oppenheim/Getty ImagesSonja Smithers and Annahita Milligan2012-02-16T15:42:00Z